PRESS RELEASE
MM: Evolver Goes Polyphonic
April 07, 2004
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Dave Smith Instruments has created a new 4-voice polyphonic version of the Evolver, housed in a single space rackmount chassis. The new Poly Evolver is backwards compatible with the original Evolver, but still adds some new features.
Each voice on the Poly Evolver has its own sequencer, along with its own effects so that each voice can be processed separately. The stereo audio input can be used by each of the voices (or just some of the voices).
Specifications:
Voices:
- Four oscillators in total: two analog, two digital
- Analog Oscillator waveforms include Sawtooth, Triangle, Saw-Triangle, and Pulse (with voltage-controlled analog Pulse-Width modulation)
- Digital Oscillators can use 96 wavetables from the Prophet-VS (128 x 12 bits), and 32 user-loadable (via MIDI) Wavetables (128 x 16 bits). The Digital Oscillators get trashy as the frequency gets higher, as with the original VS.
- Hard Sync on the analog oscillators
- FM and Ring Mod on the digital oscillators
- Separate Glide per oscillator, with two glide modes
- Real voltage-controlled analog lowpass filters. 4-pole/2-pole switchable, fully resonant (in 4-pole mode). There are two separate filters, one for the left channel and one for the right.
- Analog Voltage Controlled Amplifiers (VCA), again one for each channel.
- Dual digital 4-pole Highpass filters (one per channel); place before or after analog electronics.
- Stereo audio inputs; Noise generator
- Envelope Follower and Peak Detect from External Input to use as modulation sources
- External Input can be used to gate envelopes and/or step the Sequencer
- Three ADSR envelopes
- Four LFOs (sync with sequencer and MIDI)
- Dual (left and right channel) tunable feedback loops; modulate frequency and amount
- Delay with 3 taps; each with separate time and amount modulation. Syncs to sequencer/MIDI. Normal feedback and additional feedback path through analog filters
- Distortion - one for each channel, can be placed before or after analog electronics
- 3 Banks of 128 Programs for 384 total Programs - dump to/from MIDI
- 16 x 4 Analog-style sequencer - syncs with MIDI
- Extensive modulation capabilities, including audio-range modulation. Bipolar (+/-) modulation.
- Matrix-style front panel with 8 endless-turn rotary encoders
- The internal controllers and DSP chips can be reprogrammed via MIDI, for easy feature additions
Other:
- Dimensions: 19" wide, 6" deep, and 1.75" high (27 x 15 x 4 cm). Yes, it is small!
- Universal power supply runs virtually anywhere; 100 - 240 V AC, 50-60 Hz. Euro adaptor plugs are included.
- Mac/PC standalone editor included
The Poly is available direct from Dave Smith Instruments for $1395, and is expected to ship this month.
For more information, visit their web site at
http://www.davesmithinstruments.com/.
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